Published on 02:40 PM, September 26, 2022

Japan may extend $600 million as budget support

Ichiguchi Tomohide, chief representative of the Bangladesh office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, meets MA Mannan, planning minister, at the office of the minister in the planning ministry in Dhaka today. Photo: Collected.

Japan may extend $600 million to Bangladesh as budget support, Planning Minister MA Mannan said today.

Bangladesh earlier sought the loan from the island country and discussions are now going on, he said.

Mannan shared the information with journalists today after a meeting with Ichiguchi Tomohide, chief representative of the Bangladesh office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, at the minister's office in the planning ministry in Dhaka.